Arts & Culture
WURD’s Empowerment Experience
The event on Saturday launches Pennsylvania’s only Black-owned radio station’s 20th anniversary year with shopping, cooking, hope — and dancing
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThe Cultural Curator
Quon Brinkley, founder of the Thinker Makers Society, makes space for Philadelphia artists of color and Philadelphia LGBTQIA artists in Old City
By Logan CryerBlack Thought On Art, Music and the City
Come see The Roots’ frontman and other fearless art trailblazers at The Philadelphia Citizen’s 5th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival on December 15
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyWinter in Philadelphia
Everything you need to know about celebrating the winter holidays in Philadelphia.
By Lauren McCutcheonPhilly’s Ultimate 2022 Do Good, Feel Good, Give Good Gift Guide
This Philadelphia holiday gift guide checks all of the boxes.
By Jessica Blatt Press and Maggie PressFree Speech Film Festival
The American INSIGHT festival, which culminates with an awards program in Philadelphia on Saturday, explores a fundamental insight: Without free speech, we aren’t really free.
By Lauren Earline LeonardThe Collaborator
Nia Benjamin makes experimental theater that’s not just experimenting on stage — it’s also experimenting with the process itself, allowing for collaboration and room to breathe
By Logan CryerThe Odyssey of the 2022 Phillies
A long-time college president returns home from her own professional journey to find the Phillies creating a mythic framework for hope
By Elaine MaimonWill Walt Whitman Be In The Phillies Lineup Tonight?
According to the team’s unlikeliest fan, Penn Professor Sarah Gronningsater, he already is — spiritually. Because of all the sports, only baseball reveals America to itself.
By Larry PlattThe Tunnel Premiere
West Philadelphia filmmaker Kyle Jordan debuts a suspenseful short about the lingering, haunting effects of everyday Black trauma
By Lauren McCutcheon